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    Lajla
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    Hey good people 🙂 I’m writing you, because this morning, my mum and I had a conversation about my relationship. I’m 21 and still living with my parents, and my boyfriend (24) is with his parents. For about a month and a half, he and I should go abroad to continue our studies. That’s when my mum’s complaints start.

    She is worried that love and college don’t go together at all. She didn’t ever finished one, but she thinks that. And then, she is worried that because of him I won’t finish my college, or I’ll be in some kind of trouble… She told me I’m egoistic, because I’m not thinking how my behavior affects her, since she is worrying. Also, if my boyfriend and I go out for one day, and then also the following one, she is thinking we are going out too much because it’s a two days in a row.

    Right now, we are having free time, and we want to use it. I know that we can’t go out non-stop when college starts, and that college duties often come first.

    Also, she is telling me that it’s too early that I love someone this much. I should go out and be free on my own, and the truth is I don’t feel trapped in this relationship. He and I are doing our best to respect each other and to understand and talk about us and our obstacles. He has a lots of qualities and I love to spend my time with him.

    Now, I’m confused. Is it wrong to be in love in my age, and to want nice things with him in the future (like family, our life)? I’m not saying it a 100% chance about it, life knows to surprise us, but is it wrong to wish for that and to spend quality time together?

    My mum was betrayed from my father, and she doesn’t believe to him or men at all.

    I’m just living my life, and trying to enjoy it, but she is constantly worrying about me, and I’m just a normal person to my self…

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    Anonymous
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    Dear Lajla:

    You read to me like a reasonable young woman. Your mother, from your description, reads like an anxious woman who is burdening you with her anxiety. She has some valid points but you already agree with those points (that college will be your first priority, for one) and she inserts her anxiety into her advice, input, and that … spoils the advice on delivery.

    Just because she is your mother does not mean she is wiser than you. It doesn’t mean she knows better than you. It simply means she is older in years, able to provide you the home you live in perhaps, but it does not mean more than these things.

    You asked: “Is it wrong to be in love in my age, and to want nice things with him in the future (like family, our life)?… is it wrong to wish for that and to spend quality time together?”- no, it is not wrong.

    It is wrong for one person (your mother, in this case) to burden another person (you, in this case) with her anxiety, to inaccurately project her experience (betrayal by a man, not finishing college…) into you, and to suggest that your life should be about her (“told me I’m egoistic, because I’m not thinking how my behavior affects her”).

    You wrote: “I’m just living my life, and trying to enjoy it, but she is constantly worrying about me, and I’m just a normal person to my self…”- please do live your life, enjoy it and be true to yourself.

    anita

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